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 Discuss »More about Barlimans, Blu-Ray, ComicCon, Contests, Conventions, DragonCon, Events, Fans, Film Screenings, Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, Merchandise, MrCere in New Zealand, New Zealand, NYCC, Other Events, Production, Television, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community, TORn TUESDAYS Live!, Warner Bros., WETA Cave, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop Chocolate Sculptor Håkan Mårtensson Talks Inspiration And Tolkien At New York Chocolate ShowJonathan Moormann wrotes: I was lucky enough to spend my Saturday at the New York Chocolate Show, running from November 10-13 at the Metropolitan Pavillion. You can check out Ology’s photo diary or the chocolate fashions featured at the event, but I think the highlight of my visit was the work of chocolate sculptor and chef Håkan Mårtensson…Most of Håkan’s work tends to be more like the clown than ABBA, though. Whether it’s a sneering Gollum or the wolf eating Red Riding Hood, his pieces draw heavily on fantasy and horror themes with a little twinge of morbid humor. Since moving to New York, he’s also started carving a lot of skulls. “Skulls are everywhere in New York,” Håkan said. “You go down the street, and you see one on someone’s shirt, one on a sign, one in some graffiti on a wall. All of that goes into my inspiration.” He also draws heavily on movies and books, especially J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Since Peter Jackson cast Swede Mikael Persbrandt as Beorn, Håkan can’t wait to get some movie stills of the skin-changer and create a chocolate homage. More.. More Comic-Con Photos OnlineTake a look at a few more images from last weekend’s New York Comic-Con. Did you attend? Send us your pics today! Visit our Facebook page, ‘Like’ us if you haven’t then look at our wall for the photo album. ‘New York Comic-Con’ Photo Album Hobbit in 5 goes to New York Comic Con – Alan Tudyk, Four Tanks and a Healer, Cosplay!“Hobbit in 5″ host Simone Boyce hits the big apple for a jam-packed weekend at NYCC. Check out the cosplay cuties, an interview with Alan Tudyk about “Firefly” and “Four Tanks and a Healer” now on TheOneRing.Net! ‘Four Tanks and a Healer Episode 1: “From the Beginning” available on Youtube here. Discuss »More about Conventions, Events, Fans, Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, New Zealand, NYCC, Rumors Spy News, The Hobbit, TORN TV New Photos from New York Comic-Con
Visit our Facebook page, ‘Like’ us if you haven’t then look at our wall for the photo album. ‘New York Comic-Con’ Photo Album ‘Ringers Take Manhattan’ Party PhotosTake a gander at the first set of photos from the ‘Ringers Take Manhattan’ party held last night in New York, New York. The TORN staff and friends took a well deserved break from hosting a booth at New York Comic-Con to host this event, a good time was had by all! Did you attend the event? Send us your pics today! Visit our Facebook page, ‘Like’ us if you haven’t then look at our wall for the photo album. ‘Ringers Take Manhattan’ Photo Album Heading to New York Comic Con? Stop By Booth 2813!
Many fans have come up to our booth and asked why we haven’t been to previous New York Comic-Con events. Well…for a not for profit site like us, New York is not cheap! So this year, we took the leap and thanks to the help of some great sponsors, we were able to put up a booth, host a panel and host a party! So a special thanks needs to be sent to our major sponsors WBShop.com and The Noble Collection. These two companies made a significant donation to our presence here at the show and we encourage you to return the favor by supporting them. We have also gotten great support from our friends at PEZ and Houghton Mifflin! And we can’t forget the generous donations from our friends at The Tolkien Shop, ThinkGeek.com, EMPIRE magazine, Weta Workshop, and Sideshow Collectibles. If you would like to see us at more events like NYCC in the future, please take some time to tell our sponsors you appreciate their support of the Tolkien community. Please consider them when you are making purchases as well! (If you are in NYC, don’t forget to stop by TheOneRing.net’s booth at the show – Booth 2813) And don’t forget the ‘Spot Simone‘ photo/twitter contest! Our New York Comic-Con Supporters!
Many fans have come up to our booth and asked why we haven’t been to previous New York Comic-Con events. Well…for a not for profit site like us, New York is not cheap! So this year, we took the leap and thanks to the help of some great sponsors, we were able to put up a booth, host a panel and host a party! So a special thanks needs to be sent to our major sponsors WBShop.com and The Noble Collection. These two companies made a significant donation to our presence here at the show and we encourage you to return the favor by supporting them. We have also gotten great support from our friends at PEZ and Houghton Mifflin! And we can’t forget the generous donations from our friends at The Tolkien Shop, ThinkGeek.com, EMPIRE magazine, Weta Workshop, and Sideshow Collectibles. If you would like to see us at more events like NYCC in the future, please take some time to tell our sponsors you appreciate their support of the Tolkien community. Please consider them when you are making purchases as well! (If you are in NYC, don’t forget to stop by TheOneRing.net’s booth at the show – Booth 2813) Discuss »More about Conventions, Events, Fans, Headlines, Lord of the Rings, Meet Ups, NYCC, Other Events, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community, Tolkien ‘Hobbit in 5′ Shooting at New York Comic-ConAnother awesome reason to check out ‘New York Comic-Con’ this weekend, visit a live taping of ‘Hobbit in 5′! Host Simone Boyce and the ‘Hobbit in 5′ team will be shooting live from the floor of NYCC, connect with us on Twitter (@theoneringnet) or Facebook for the exact time and location. Also, be sure to play the ‘Spot Simone‘ photo scavenger hunt game! See details below. ‘Ringers Take Manhattan’ a drop-off for ‘Toys for Tots’
Discuss »More about Conventions, Events, Fans, Headlines, Lord of the Rings, Meet Ups, NYCC, Other Events, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community, Tolkien NYCC Scavenger Hunt Contest: Spot Simone and Win! In what must be the easiest convention scavenger hunt contest ever, TheOneRing.net and the gang at ‘Hobbit in 5′ bring you ‘Spot Simone’. The rules? Easy! Be on the lookout for our lovely and talented Host Simone Boyce and snap your photo with her. Tweet it out using the hashtag #Spotsimonenycc and don’t forget to include us using ‘@theoneringnet’ and you’re in to win! What’s up for grabs? A selection of LOTR posters and other goodies from the WBShop (WBShop.com) and some other really great secret prizes! So be on the lookout for our ‘Hobbit in 5′ host, Simone, while she’s geeking out with the rest of you, they’re even planning a special location shoot of this week’s ‘Hobbit in 5′ at the convention! So like the graphic says ‘Spot, Snap, Tweet and Win!’. Grey’s Anatomy Goes Geek
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Check out the first batch of pictures from this past weekend’s New York Comic-Con. Did you attend? 
New York Comic-Con is just around the corner, and fans from all over the east coast will be descending on New York City. TheOneRing.net is proud to have teamed up with the 
Michelle writes: The October 6th episode of Grey’s Anatomy was about a stampede at a comic book convention. One of the main victims was a man dressed as a hobbit that was trampled in a stampede. (It was awesome!).